The army exists in a nation for example in North Korea to serve the interest of the people and by extension to protect the enduring benefit of the whole nation so as to fulfill the country's military responsibilities. These duties call for a value-based leadership characterized by impeccable attributes or characters and even professional competencies. All these requirements are features that all leaders at every level or cohort are required to possess regardless of their levels of leadership, assignment or even missions. This paper seeks to analyze the leadership attributes and competencies as brought out in the book “The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters” by B.R. Meyers.
Drawing from the characteristics of the authoritarian leadership of North Korea, one can argue that Kim's regime depended heavily on various tools to maintain his position or stay in power. Among the tools widely used in Kim's regime ranged from restrictive social policies to manipulation of information or even ideas. Kim also used a substantial amount force and even co-option when it came to manipulation of various development agendas of foreign …show more content…
The country of North Korea has many personality cults; however, this fact alone depicts very little about the people of North Korea. Just like North Korea, Cuba also has the same cult, and yet the regime of Castro espouses different ideologies from those of their colleagues in Pyongyang. A personality cult seen in the leadership of North Korea came into existence when a one-man dictatorship presented itself as a democracy. His rules make up or form the perfect fulfillment of various democratic deals and with this regard, the Kim cult looks like the followers of Mao and
Drawing from the characteristics of the authoritarian leadership of North Korea, one can argue that Kim's regime depended heavily on various tools to maintain his position or stay in power. Among the tools widely used in Kim's regime ranged from restrictive social policies to manipulation of information or even ideas. Kim also used a substantial amount force and even co-option when it came to manipulation of various development agendas of foreign …show more content…
The country of North Korea has many personality cults; however, this fact alone depicts very little about the people of North Korea. Just like North Korea, Cuba also has the same cult, and yet the regime of Castro espouses different ideologies from those of their colleagues in Pyongyang. A personality cult seen in the leadership of North Korea came into existence when a one-man dictatorship presented itself as a democracy. His rules make up or form the perfect fulfillment of various democratic deals and with this regard, the Kim cult looks like the followers of Mao and